To make a difference in the lives of your fellow employees, you first need to understand that getting active isn’t simply a matter of option. Some things are within our individual control, but others are shaped by the people and circumstances in which we live and work.
It’s Easier to be Active When…
• We know what [...]
Archive for July, 2010
The type of evaluation you pick depends on when you do it and the type of information you collect.
This section describes when to use three kinds – formative, process and summative analysiss.
During the Planning Stage
Use formative analysiss in the planning stages to ensure that your program is based on solid information. These analysiss also help [...]
What Do You Want to Achieve?
Think about why you’re investigating and what your analysis is going to measure.
If you’re trying to find out whether an initiative has been successful, see if you followed your mission statement and met your objectives and objectives.
If you do not have a mission statement or goals or goals, decide with [...]
Before launching your Workplace Exercise Program, summarize the information you’ve collected and plan your next steps.
At this point, you have
• gained support from management for the Workplace Exercise Program
• formed an employee committee
• investigated what’s possible in your workplace
• found out what workers want and need in a Workplace Exercise Program.
Based on this information, you [...]
To succeed in encouraging exercise during the workday, you have to find out what employees need and want. They are the people whose behaviour you’re attempting to influence, so it’s critical to understand their needs and gain their support.
The Employee Interest Survey
Ask workers questions that allow you to assess such key characteristics as age, gender, [...]
Workplace Exercise Programs – Forming an Staff Member Committee
Although support from the top is vital to a successful initiative, support from other employees is also important.
Once you get the go-ahead from management, identify others who are interested in the project and form a committee to help determine the next steps.
Depending on the size of [...]
Gaining management support is crucial to the success of a physical activity initiative.
Whether the changes you’d like to make involve the work environment, overall policies or specific programs, successfully starting your ideas depends on management support.
Support from management is critical for three reasons –
• You need their agreement to involve staff members in a [...]
In today’s company environment, the health of workers is often related to the health of the company. Increased job satisfaction, improved morale, reduced illness and injuries, and increased productivity are just some advantages of having healthy workers.
Promoting health in your workplace does not have to be complicated, expensive or time-consuming. Any organization, big or [...]
Can a small corporation support corporate wellness? Absolutely! In truth, in some ways it’s easier to develop a healthy workplace in a small corporation than in a large company.
Limited resources, especially in small corporations, can prevent an company from setting up a wellness program. Reasons can include –
• lack of budget resources;
• lack of [...]
Corporate wellness is evolving.
Early efforts to develop healthful workplaces focused on safety at the worksite and injury prevention for staff members.
More recently, programs are designed to assist employees to choose healthier behaviours like being more physically active or quitting tobacco use.
Campaigns to increase awareness, educational sessions to increase knowledge, opportunities to learn new [...]
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